I have composed a piece called Holy Light,Dancing to the Call of God, and Not One Has Gone Astray. I would be more than willing to send you complimentary copies of these pieces. All three pieces have intriquing piano parts. Dancing tothe Call of God has cello, chimes, marimba and piano.

My piece Frozen In(SSA, piano & violin; 4 minutes) would be a perfect fit; it is a lush, accompanied piece describing the perfect, peaceful calm of a crisp winter evening. Perusal score and recording are up here, if you'd like to check it out.

Thank you for considering this piece, and good luck with the rest of your programming!

Hope Is the Thing With Feathers, new by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, commissioned for Sing A Mile High Choral Festival 2014. Dedicated to people who are fighting cancer. Email Paul at paulicaldwell(a)gmail.com

I'm going to toss my 2cents in here and maybe you'll find it worthwhile. I have a work entitled "Snow Angels" scored for SSAA, piano, celesta and sleigh bells. This is a song without words, but depends heavily on the dynamics and tempo and vocal movement. The celesta and sleighbells add ambiance to this entire experience. The work depicts the joy of a new snowfall, plyaing in the whirling snow, wonderment and ultimately making snow angels in the wild snowfall. This won a silver platter award here on ChoralNet. Here's the link to the perusal score: http://www.choralnet.org/paint/425242/Snow+Angels.pdf - Here's a midi performance: http://www.choralnet.org/paint/424685/Snow+Angels.mp3

While not considered a "holiday" peace, here's another beautiful score about love for SSA and piano - I Chose Love, with text by Dr. Robert J. Smithdas (recently passed in 7/14) deaf/blind from the age of 5. The text is a prayer and while asleep an angel visits offering gifts, but in the end the dreamer chooses love. Here's a youtube performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gtg6mr3MzCQ

Susan Brumfield's "No Time" is absolutely gorgeous. It is for SSAA divisi. It is lush and powerful, and not all that hard, besides calling for division. I can't say enough good things about this wonderful piece.

You might take a look at my piece When Music Soundsfor SSAA & piano. I would definitely characterize the piano part as lush, and the text (by Walter de la Mare) will invite your singers to contemplate the meaning of music in our lives. It was premiered (in its TTBB & piano version) in Baltimore at the Eastern Division ACDA conference this past year by the Penn State Glee Club under the baton of Christopher Kiver.

I have a piece, Spirit of Life, for women's choir and piano that was really well received at the Florida Women's All-State last year. Great words that I wanted my own girls to know growing up! Starts simpler and builds to a big finish. A sample recording is on ITunes here.

"My Voice" (SSAA, piano, strings; 14 min.) was commissioned by the Contra Costa Children's Chorus for their 25th anniversary. The text is an original poem by my late wife, author Patricia Doherty, celebrating singing: what is my voice? where does it come from? what do I do with it? where does it take me? I could send you a PDF of the full score and a CD of the premiere.

Overture To Christmas is just that, a collection of Christmas carols and songs – mostly 'ancient' – which I arranged in a suite of some seven minutes. It is scored for choir(s), one or two pianos, with optional percussion, and is available in SATB (divisi – as in the YouTube video), SSAA and TTBB. An combination of the three voicings may be performed simultaneously for 'Festival' purposes. This particular video features the Universty of Tennessee Concert Choir performing it in 2010, the year it was published. The actual concert recording begins at 1'12, after a peek at a rehearsal. The score is available from A Tempo (donaldpatriquin(at)gmail.com). Perusal PDF freely available. Printed and digital copies.

I have a cantata entitled 'A Better World' recently performed bt a 70 strong community choir, only 15 men - non auditioned. It can easily be adapted for SSAA. It is a story about 2 refugeees and their journey to freedom. It is an inspirational piece - read the comments on my profile and website. There are piano accompaniments, a slide show, which is optional, and a script for a narrator to accompany the work. This is all contained in a master score and slide show available in PDF format. It is about 40 minutes long.

I have performed a wonderful Easter "cantata" by Arthur Honegger: Cantique de Paques. It calls for 3 soloists (S S A), Chorus (S S A), and Orchestra. The orchestration: 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 Trumpets, 2 Horns, Celeste, Harp, and strings are available on rental from G. Schirmer (Hal Leonard). A reduced orchstration is also available - for organ and harp.

Cantique is very beautiful and engaging, warm-hearted. Because a bit more is written for solo voices than chorus, I found that it was wonderful to substitute the chorus for some of the solo parts. At times the soloists sing simultaneously with the chorus; a few of these sections can also be for six part chorus.

Cantique de Paques is not a lenghty piece - about 15 minutes long. Hope this piece might "plug in" nicely with pieces you are considering.

Try out Andrea Clearfield's Tse Go La, the music itself is fairly straightforward, the challenge comes in the language, which is Tibetan. It's the kind of piece you're talking about though, lush, joyful, and soaring. (and with piano accompaniment).